Holder for matches



(No Model.)

B. PUTNAM 8: J. KIRSGHBAUM.

HOLDER FOR MATCHES.

No. 348,688. Patented Sept. 7, 1886.

UNIT D STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDYVIN PUTN AM, OF NE\VARK, NE\V JERSEY, AND JOHN KIRSCHBAUM, OF XVATERBURY, ASSIGNORS TO THE NOVELTY MANUFACTURING COMPANY,

OF XVATERBURY, CONNECTICUT.

HOLDER FOR MATCHES.

QPECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 348,688, dated September 7, 1886.

Application filed May 7, 1886. Serial No. 201,420. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern.- 7 'Be it known that we, EDWIN PUTNAM, of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, and JOHN KIRSCHBAUM, of \Vaterbury, in the county ofNew Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented an Improve ment in Holders for Matches, Perfumery, 82-0., of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to construct IO an imitation shoe or gaiter or slipper out of thin sheet metal in a very strong and cheap manner, so that the same is adapted to being ornamented, and to form a holder for matches,

perfumery, or toilet articles, the construction I5 being such that very diverse ornamental appearance may he produced upon the different portions of the holder without changing the construction thereof, as hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of the holder complete. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the sheet-1netal sole-plate. Fig. 4. is an inverted plan view of the toepiece, and Fig. 5 is a partial sectional plan of the heel at the line 00 50, Fig. 2.

The body of the holder is made of two parts, A and B, which are similar, but right and left handed, and correspond in shape to a gaiter, and they are provided with holes at 2 and hooks at 3, for an ornamental lace, 4.

The two halves A- and B of the holder are lapped at the back seam, 5, and riveted or screwed together at 6. These parts being of 5 sheet metal can be of any desired color or combination of colors, and the surface of the metal may be ornamented by lines or imitations of plaiting or braiding, and these partsare struck up in dies, and are to be finished by plating,

4o polishing, or lacquering the surface before being put together. It is also preferable to make use of a connecting -plate, a, within the two halves A B, at the heel portion, and to pass the sheet-metal tongues I) through mortises in the sheet metal and clinch the ends,

so as to firmly connect these parts together.

The heel -piece D and sole -piece E are stamped up of thin sheet metal, and they are riveted or secured together at 7, there being a lip upon the forward edge of the heel-piece D, that laps upon the rear end of the sole-piece E, the rivets being inserted through these parts. Around the edges of the heel and of the sole the sheet metal is turned up to form the rim 9, and the same is of a size to receive within it the lower positions of the two halves A and B of the holder.

The tip -piece H is stamped up of sheet metal, and it is of a shape to set over the toe portion of. the holder and cover the joint between the two halves A B, and upon the lower edge of this tip-piece there are projecting tongues 10 on the sheet metal, that pass through mortises 8 in the sole-plate E, within the rim 9, and said tongues are bent over to hold the parts together. The dotted lines in Fig. 4 represent these tongues as bent over. By this construction we are able to attach the toe-piece H to the sole E, either before or after the surfaces of the sheet metal have been polished, plated, colored, lacquered, or otherwise finished, and this is done independently of and separate from the two halves A B.

\Ve provide the wires 11, soldered or otherwise fastened into the inside of the heel D and projecting upwardly, and there are two perforations in the bottom portions of the two halves A B, so that when the respective parts of the holder have been otherwise completed and finished up in the desired manner, the toe portions of the parts A B of the holder are inserted into the tip -piece H, and the holder is secured and the parts firmly connected by simply bending over the ends of the wires 11 within the lower part of the holder.

In consequence of this mode of constructing the sheet-metal holder we are enabled to obtain a great variety of ornamental holders for matches, perfumery, &c., with a comparativel y few differences in the modes of finishing the surfaces of the respective parts. For instance, the parts A and B may be lacquered in different colors, or be gilded or silvered, and in like manner the heel and sole plates and toepieces. maybe lacquered, colored, or plated, 5 polished, or frosted, and these parts may be assembled to produce great varieties in the appearance of the holders, and all the finishing-work can be done to the separate parts before they are brought together, and the workmen can assemble the same to suit the taste of the purchaser or to produce the desired ornamental effect.

We claim as our invention 1. The sheet-metal holder formed of the two halves A B, with holes 2. hooks 3, and lace 4, and riveted together at 6, and the sheet-metal heel and sole plate and tip-piece, substantially as set forth.

2. The sheet-metal heel-piece D, having a lip at its forward upper edge, in combination with the sole-plate E, having a rim, 9, and be ing united to the heel-plate D, and the two halves A and B of the holder, secured to the heel and sole plate, substantially as set forth.

3. The tip-piece'H, having tongues 10, in combination with the sole-plate E, having a rim around its edge, and mortises through which the tongues 10 pass and are clinched, substantially as set forth.

4. The sole-plate E, having a rim around its edge, and the heel-plate D, riveted to the soleplate, and the tip-piece H,having tongues pass- 5 ing through mortises in the sole-plate, in combination with the two halves A B of the holder, and the wires 11, for attaching the parts together, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination, with the two halves A B, of sheet metal, forming the holder, of the plate a, Within the heel portion of the holder, having tongues that pass through the sheet metal and are clinched, substantially as set forth. 3 5

Signed by us this 29th day of April, A. D. 1886.

EDlVIN PUTNAM. 7 JOHN KIRSOHBAUM.

\Vitnesses:

M. H. BIAKE, THOMAS FITZsIMoNs. 

